Tag: smoking cessation
The Gateway theory blasted, 2016 MTF shows sharp decline in youth...
Claims that electronic cigarettes are having a gateway effect on youths, and are leading them to smoking have been circulating for a while. However...
UK Organization urges smokers to “ditch or switch” this Christmas
The Fresh programme was set up in the North East in 2005 to combat the worst smoking-related illness and death rates in the UK....
China’s bold smoking ban
The regulation that will control public smoking all throughout China, is currently undergoing the legislative process, said Mao Qun'an, head of the National Health...
The US normally embraces harm reduction, but not in the case...
The R Street Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy research organization whose mission is to “engage in policy research and outreach to promote...
US surgeon general demanding harsher e-cig rules
The above plea comes as a shock to many in the Health/ Smoking cessation sector who were already preoccupied as it is about the...
Canada : Study to explore the efficacy of e-cigs as an...
This study is being led by Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, (JGH)....
UK : the court of appeal has ruled in favor of...
As from May 2017, all cigarette packs in the UK must be sold in plain packaging, with nothing to distinguish them from one another...
EU consultation on revision of Tobacco Tax
Excise duties for tobacco products are mainly regulated through Directive 2011/64/EU. This Directive denotes the product categories, structure and minimum rates for excise duties...
